When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I’ll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I’m trying to increase my general understanding.
BRANDON SANDERSONNot all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.
More Brandon Sanderson Quotes
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I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.
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Control yourself. Become someone who can handle this.
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Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?
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It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
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To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain–leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.
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Faith isn’t about logic, son,” Haddek said. “Perhaps that’s your problem. You cannot ‘disprove’ the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.
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They are presented attractively for the same reason that kittens are cute – so that they can draw you in, then pounce on you for the kill. Seriously. Stay away from kittens.
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The finest defense of character is correct action. Acquaint yourself with virtue, and you can expect proper treatment from those around you.
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I still doubt it will work.” “You’d doubt the sun’s rising if you weren’t proven wrong each day,” Raoden said with a smile.
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Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
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I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted
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Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.
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So,” Marasi said, “you traded a dead man’s scarf for another dead man’s gun. But…the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic.
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That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.
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A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood
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